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Sunday, September 7, 2008
NC State Ports return to normal operations
North Carolina State Ports Authority facilities in Charlotte, Morehead City and Wilmington have returned to business as usual.
Assessment teams determined Saturday afternoon that minor damage at the Port of Wilmington from Tropical Storm Hanna did not impede normal cargo operations. No damage was reported at the Port of Morehead City.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon determined that the Cape Fear River navigational channel was unobstructed and aids to navigation functioning. It was reopened to all vessel traffic at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. Beaufort Inlet at the Port of Morehead City remained restricted a little longer, but was reopened at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. Click here for more.
ABOUT THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY:
North Carolina's Ports in Wilmington and Morehead City, plus inland terminals in Charlotte and the Piedmont Triad in Greensboro, link the State's consumers, businesses and industry to world markets, and serve as magnets to attract new business and industry while receiving no direct taxpayer subsidy. Port activities contribute statewide to 65,000 jobs and $500 million each year in state and local tax revenues.
Top trading partners are China, India, Brazil, So. Korea, Belgium, Taiwan, Mexico, Colombia, Great Britain and Venezuela.
Primary exports are phosphate, forest products, woodpulp, general merchandise, food products, wood chips and military.
Top imports are sulfur products, chemicals, grains, rubber, scrap metal, cement, metal products, machinery parts, ore, mica and schist.
INFORMATION:
Shannon Moody, Director of Communications (910) 343-6482 Email
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